About Laverne
Laverne Hoffler-Duckworth is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Pennsylvania. She has ten years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and issues related to ADHD. Her approach is warm and culturally aware, and she aims to make therapy approachable and easy to understand.
Laverne focuses on helping people build self-esteem and self-love. She supports those facing grief, workplace strain, social anxiety, and the pain of past trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
She also helps with addiction concerns, anger, and intimacy-related challenges. In sessions she works on practical skills like clearer communication and healthier boundaries. She often addresses blended family dynamics, codependency, and problems that come from loneliness or isolation.
Laverne uses straightforward techniques to help people reconnect with purpose and reduce day-to-day distress. Her style mixes problem-solving with emotional support. She draws on methods that teach coping tools, emotional regulation, and steps to change unhelpful patterns.
She explains ideas plainly so people understand what to try between sessions. Laverne sees therapy as a collaborative process. She aims to help each person set realistic goals and notice progress.
People who want direct, empathetic guidance for life stressors or for ADHD-related challenges may find her approach useful.
Online approaches that teach skills and build momentum
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and then practicing alternative ways of thinking and acting. It is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and many everyday stressors.DBT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and communication skills. It helps people manage intense emotions, reduce reactive behavior, and improve relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what feels most helpful. This is a collaborative process where feedback guides which tools are used moving forward.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals in a range of formats: video calls for in-depth conversation, phone sessions for simpler check-ins, live chat for brief interactions, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter or longer contacts when needed, and let people choose what feels most practical for their schedule.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania, Florida, New Jersey, Texas
- Languages
- English
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